KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents
ANDI ZEISLER &
We Were Feminists Once: From Riot GRRRL to CoverGirl, the Buying and
Selling of a Political Movement
Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 7:30 PM
Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
advance tickets: $12 : brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006 or Books Inc/Berkeley, Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s $15 door, KPFA benefit kpfa.org/events
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS
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The founder and creative director of Bitch magazine argues that pop culture has co-opted the feminist movement and transformed it into something unrecognizable and
dysfunctional. While we’ve been watching and forwarding Amy Schumer’s videos, Republicans have twice voted against an act to close the gendered wage gap, the U.S.
remains one of only two world nations to not offer paid maternity leave, and access to
abortion clinics is rapidly growing more difficult.
This increasingly looks not like a world that has finally emerged into a fully realized
feminism, but like a world in which glossy, flirty feminism with you-go-girl tweets and Instagram photos has reduced feminism from a collective goal to a consumer brand.
Defining “feminist” as ‘a woman who lives the life she chooses’ is great if you’re a woman who already has choices. It does nothing whatsoever for the millions of women far from the campus, waiting in vain for empowerment .
“This is a razor sharp new book.” —The Guardian
“Nuanced, smart, and funny.” — In These Times
“Andi Zeisler...breaks the pop-culture time machine and makes you beg for more.” —Susie Bright
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